A new bathymetric compilation highlighting extensive paleo-ice sheet drainage on the continental shelf, South Georgia, sub-Antarctica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Graham, Alastair G C ^a   Fretwell, Peter T ^a   Larter, Robert D ^a   Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Wilson, Christian K ^b   Tate, Alex J ^a   Morris, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geomorphology; Ice sheets; Moraines; South Georgia; Sub Antarctica

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349138643     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001993     Document Type: Article

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